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LONNIE WAYNE MITCHELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 25, 1952 – October 23, 1971
Service recordLonnie Wayne Mitchell, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 49
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1952
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 49
- WILLIAM RUSSELL LEWIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1971
- ROBERT HARRISON CLIFTONSpecialist Four · October 23, 1971
- WALTER CHARLES FRISBIESpecialist Five · October 23, 1971
- ANTHONY PETER QUINTCaptain · October 23, 1971
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.